American and Anglican: Anglicanism as the Founding Faith of the Colonies and the American Republic
Did you know the first Communion service in the New World happened on the West Coast using the Anglican Book of Common Prayer? What church did American members of the Church of England (like George Washington) belong to after the English lost the Revolutionary War? How did Anglicanism become the Episcopal Church in the United States?
Starting with Sir Francis Drake, this video is a survey of the significant Anglican leaders that helped forge America’s religious identity from the pre-colonial period through the start of the 20th century.
1:26 – Sir Francis Drake 3:10...
American Anglicanism Began in California
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Anglican Christians without Canterbury?
Dr. Charles Erlandson’s book, Orthodox Anglican Identity: The Quest for Unity in a Diverse Religious Tradition (Wipf and Stock: 2020) is a well thought...
How Benedictine Spirituality Came to Celtic Christianity and the English Church
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The Optimistic Ebb and Flow of Moorman’s History
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The “Beefeaters”
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